Providing high quality, accurate and timely legal advice under Legal Services Global Operations department with a strong focus on Technology agreements across Shell’s businesses including upstream, wells, integrated gas, new energy, chemicals, and global commercial.

Scope:

• Ensure that legal considerations, including mitigation of legal risks identified, are taken into account in operations, planning activities and contracting.

• Monitor relevant legal developments in Technology and communicate these to the business

• Engage and collaborate with Shell lawyers & businesses, globally and across the various functions within the organization.

• Commitment to and focus on continuous improvement and simplification of legal guidance and self-help materials for business stakeholders through the application of IT and Digital tools, and role modelling of behavior and mindset required of a high performance legal organization.

• Ensure that legal risks are identified, appropriate alternative structures and strategies are considered, and documents are appropriately drafted to reflect commercial decisions, at all times consistent with professional standards, legal obligations, the Shell General Business Principles, Shell Control Framework and governing policies.

• Legal activities are expected to include: (i) providing legal advice with respect to proposed technology/commercial strategies; (ii) advising on legal rights and obligations with a focus on research and development, collaboration with universities and joint industry participants in the energy sector; (iii) negotiation and drafting of contracts, guidance and other documentation; (iv) develop and provide legal training to internal stakeholders; and (vii) resolution of legal and business problems encountered in the promotion of business interests and the protection of its assets and reputation.

• Deliver according to Legal’s operating model with focus on prioritising high value and risk matters

• Carry out such other tasks to support colleagues within the Central Legal Services Team and the Technology Team in LSPT&IP, as required.

• Possess a degree in law.
• Incisive grasp of legal issues, demonstrated learner mindset and capability to expand knowledge in relevant areas of law
• Excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills
• To be a team player and integrate seamlessly between legal and commercial
• Ability to work with both internal and external stakeholders with diverse external background
• Strong business acumen, risk assessment ability and ability to balance competing interests of businesses at varied stages of their evolution
• The ability to work in a less well-defined legal environment with clients who need pragmatic and decisive legal advice.
• To be creative and think out of the box whilst maintaining a clear stand on Shell’s policies and strategies when resolving legal and commercial conflicts.
• Astute risk and reputational management skills, and requires the ability to deal with, prioritize and manage multiple tasks and projects
• Resilience to keep a calm and balanced approach and maintain a robust stance in respect of allocation of risk for the Group, while balancing that with the commercial and strategic drivers
• Ability to clearly explain legal risks, develop sound mitigation strategies and find acceptable commercial solutions
• A clear commitment to the highest standards of ethical and compliant behavior as well as inclusive leadership, modeling behaviors that supports a commitment to Ethics & Compliance, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness.
• Able to coach and support others (e.g. more junior lawyers and paralegals) and takes responsibility for doing so.
• Independent and is accountable for relationships with broad range of stakeholders.
• Has breadth of experience and knowledge that creates ability to deal with new and unexpected issues
• Able to solve imaginatively, common technical/operational problems

Additional information

• Intellectual Property or IT background is an added advantage for this role.